Carnation Farms

05/31/2026

Spring Market, Bootcamp, community workshops, and a surprise baby cow. May was a big month for us!

05/29/2026

Break out the crudité, Garden Party Dip is back! Creamy, zingy, and perfect to dip whatever you desire, though we are partial to a crisp vegetable to balance out the richness of this farm favorite. Grab it this weekend!

05/28/2026

We don't just raise one breed of sheep at Carnation Farms. We are running an experiment in real time.

Meet the Flockers: Finn/Romney, Avondale, and Katahdin — each chosen for something different.

🐑 Finn/Romney — prolific lambing, fine wool, milky and tender flavor
🐑 Avondale — exceptional meat quality, bred for the wet Pacific Northwest
🐑 Katahdin — hair sheep, no shearing needed, strong parasite resistance

We're comparing how each breed fares across pasture health, animal wellbeing, and — eventually — how they taste. (Spoiler: we ran a blind taste test. Stay tuned for results) Which breed are you most curious about? Drop it below.

05/26/2026

This might lose us some followers but the answer is yes, our animals get vaccinated, and gladly! Part of humane animal care means making sure they stay healthy & protected from disease & parasites. As they grow up, our lambs get weighed and evaluated on an individual basis. Any vaccines they receive have done their job and left their system by the time harvest rolls around, so their vaccinations do not end up on your plate.

05/25/2026

Chef Schu is heading to Seattle for a conversation worth having. On June 1st, our Culinary Director joins a fireside chat on farming, sourcing, and ingredients as part of a half-day gathering at Thinkspace Seattle hosted by Topi Ventures and Altelan Capital. One room full of restaurant operators, founders, investors, and food system thinkers working through what technology is actually doing — and not doing — for this industry.

📅 June 1 | 2–8PM
📍 Thinkspace Seattle
Register at the link below. Seats are limited.

A Seattle deep dive on food, restaurants, and the tech that claims to serve them. That's the question behind this half-day gathering in Seattle for people with…

05/24/2026

The farm is in full bloom and our Feast in the Forest celebrates that with every course! From an elderflower laced welcome cocktail to a sweet, magnolia infused finish. We just can't wait for you to taste this menu! Consider this your last call for tickets. See you next Saturday?

05/24/2026

Thank you for the care package! Finally a chew big enough for our big protector!

05/23/2026

Can Cinnamon Roll Saturday be a thing? These flew off the shelf on Mother's Day weekend so we figured we'd bring them back in case you missed out! This weekend only... until the next time we decide to do Cinnamon Roll Saturday.

05/22/2026

🎆 We're stocked with all the Memorial Day cookout fixings you need—housemade brioche buns, burger sauce, cheese, pickles, salsas—plus patties made from our grass-fed, grass-finished beef and house-made bratwurst! If you signed up to bring dessert to the cookout, we've got your choice of cherry cobbler or blueberry pound cake, both equally delicious. Grab some beer from our cooler to round it all out!

05/21/2026

Over 200 lambs were born here this spring. That’s countless early mornings, lots and lots of fresh sawdust bedding, and coming up with over 200 names that start with B. Only 40 of these will eventually be processed for shares. First they have to grow.